Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
227 PM PDT SUN MAY 9 2010

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SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
227 PM PDT SUN MAY 9 2010

...WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF DRY WEATHER AND SPRING LIKE TEMPERATURES...A
PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH TUESDAY AS TWO LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEMS TRACK EASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THE FIRST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA INTO THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AS
WELL AS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF
KINGS CANYON. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 6000 FEET IN
YOSEMITE PARK TO AROUND 7000 FEET NEAR THE BORDER OF TULARE AND
KERN COUNTIES AT THE ONSET OF ANY PRECIPITATION...LOWERING TO 5000
FEET IN YOSEMITE PARK TO AROUND 5500 FEET NEAR THE TULARE KERN
COUNTY BORDER THIS EVENING.

A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE STRONGER AND WILL
CROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS A
RESULT...PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME LIKELY OVER YOSEMITE PARK BY
MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDING SOUTHWARD
TO THE TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO
AROUND 5000 FEET BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

AS THIS STORM IS CONSIDERED A LATE SEASON STORM...SNOW AMOUNT
CRITERIA FOR WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE LOWER THAN DURING THE
NORMAL WINTER SEASON. AN ADVISORY OR POSSIBLY EVEN A WARNING
COULD BE REQUIRED AS 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM
WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING...MAINLY NORTH OF KINGS CANYON. TRAVEL IN AND AROUND
YOSEMITE PARK COULD BE IMPACTED.

THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SHOWERS BY
TUESDAY MORNING AND END BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS
SOURCE...FOR UPDATES ON THESE APPROACHING STORMS.

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BSO